Recent content by henryh

To post a picture you have to have it hosted somewhere... like youtube so you have a url for it. I think that is the only way to do it here. I would like to see pictures also. I have a 36 I bought in 1969 that I am working on again... a stalled restoration... Just got the engine running.

I saw a station with one pump that says ethanol free gas here in GA. I'm going to see if they actually have any next time I need gas for my Model A, and get 5 gal. for my small engines. I had heard that marinas were exempt but haven't checked them out. Maybe that is how they get it delivered as...

Yesterday I drove my 31 pickup to Maysville GA for Mike's annual grandfathers day barbique. You can just see the front of my pickup in front of the guy with the green shirt. There was a 1928 race car there (bottom image)that had the same kind of flex coming off the breather, just venting to the...

I used to have that problem with my 36. The vapor lock is caused by too much heat which seems to be a problem with the flat head engines. I've just replaced the waterpumps with the new style that have the curved impellers. They are supposed to make the engine run cooler. I'll find out if it...

That's what I figured, but there must have been a special oil filler cap that went with it. I have a standard one with no place to connect the flex. This engine runs really clean so far, so I'll remove that add on and put it in the spare parts bin for now.

Does anyone know where the flex hose on the air cleaner attaches? It looks like it could be for a crankcase vent. This is on my 36 I'm not sure if it was original or came as part of the later engine that was installed... I believe that this is a rebuilt engine from Sears? that was once used on a...